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** Changed in: launchpad
     Assignee: Yellow Squad (yellow) => (unassigned)

** Tags added: javascript

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783595

Title:
  JS controls for bug subscription are hard to use with screen readers

Status in Launchpad itself:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  At UDS Huw and I did a very simple walk-through of the new bug subscription features with Luke (themuso).  He was using Firefox 4 with gnome-orca as the screen reader.
   
  On a bug page the "Subscribe to bug mail link" was easily found.  The overlay was presented but didn't get focus.  Luke had to find it where it lived in the DOM.

  On a project page, the link to open the control was found.  Using it
  he was frustrated when he tried to use ESC to close a drop-down
  selection and the entire overlay was closed.  Similarly, when
  presented with the accordion widget he found no way to open it to
  reveal the contents.  The usual way to do that using the keyboard is
  via the ENTER key but it caused the overlay form to be submitted.

  It was also noted that when new elements were visually revealed on the
  page there was no notification of their appearance.  Subsequent
  exploration via the screen reader showed the new elements but there
  was no indication that the form contents had changed.

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